This was a path of reckless charge, a path of sparks and lightning, a path of cannon fire that blazed so fiercely it left smoke pouring from its backside—because Lily's tail had been set alight by a little monster. Thankfully, her armor came equipped with health monitoring and fire suppression systems; otherwise, she would have been heartbroken until next month.
In short, this was the path of the reckless.
The fully armed armored siege Lily-beast charged madly across the burning plains, unstoppable. The Close Defense Cannons mounted on her back and shoulder armor scattered beams and particle weapons like water, blasting a scorched thoroughfare straight through the wandering monsters. Even the seemingly impassable Great Rifts were nothing more than slightly wider ditches in the eyes of Lily, who was running at full speed; one leap was all it took to clear them. It had taken everyone two full days and nights to travel from White Maple City to the Black Forest, but judging by their current pace, a few hours would be enough to get back from the Black Forest to White Maple City.
This was perfectly normal, after all. Previously, everyone had set out with the attitude of experiencing life, traveling on horseback and stopping along the way. They had also followed roads in the manner expected of "normal humans." But now they were racing back as battlefield reinforcements. In her beast form, Lily could even charge toward the speed of sound. Moreover, she was heading straight for White Maple City according to the principle that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line. Whenever they encountered flowers, trees, hills, or anything else along the way, she simply fired a missile to clear the path without even slowing down. Compared to their journey here, her speed had